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The "Jim Crow" Laws were laws that imposed racial segregation. The "Jim Crow" laws excluded African Americans from public places such as restaurants, hotels and other amenities. In the South, Blacks lived in fear of racial violence. Signs were one way of separating Blacks and Whites. These signs restricted blacks from doing specific things that were involved with Whites.
 * "Jim Crow" Laws**

Some "Jim Crow" Laws: · Blacks restricted from renting or leasing land outside of cities or towns. · Blacks were forbidden to roam freely. · Blacks were forbidden to marry outside of their race. · The Grandfather Clauses were introduced. (These laws allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction. Because African Americans could not vote until 1867, they were excluded.) · Blacks were prevented from entering many public places like restaurants, schools and more. The fast growing body of laws were designed to inforce the separation of rules in schools, transportation facilities, and invirtually all public accomadations. This was after the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Ammendments to The Constitution. -Angela C
 * //What were the "Jim Crow" Laws for?//**

= = Actually, these Jim Crow "Laws" were not real laws, but were based and treated like real laws. Like ordinary laws, there were penalties for disobeying. Most of the discpline did not come from the govenment or the police, they were handled by every day, ordinary people. This kind of discipline was called vigilantism- someone who takes the discipline for disobeying the law into their own hands. Some of the examples of what people would do to others that disobeyed this law were: lynched, burned, shot, hung, jail, and whipped. Even though a lot of these things were cruel and unfair, they were done on a consistent basis. -Lisa C.
 * //Were there maximum penalities for not following the Jim Crow Laws?//**

-85% of African Americans lived in the south adopted to the laws in the 1890's and 1900's. -300,000 fled to the Northern States. - African Americans created organizations that helped them fight these laws such as the NAACP, organized by W.E.B Du Bois. Opponents of Segregation fought legal battles: - Guinn and Beale vs. U.S
 * //__Did People go Against them?__//**

>Supreme court decided "grandfather cause" unconstitutional-Buchanan V. Warley (1917)

> Struck down housing laws.- State V. Young

> declaring blacks are allowed to serve on juries.- During 1917, 110,000 blaks marched silently down 5th Avenue in New York City to protest.

- During 1917, there were race riots in major cities across the United States. - During this time, mobs of people formed and there were rampages, beatings, attack dogs, shootings, and even homes were set on fire. //---Abigail Dieuveille//